Question

What is today's date?
Statement 1: Three days before it was Friday
Statement 2: One week before it was the first Tuesday in April 2007

• A. Statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• B. Statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• C. Both the statements together are needed to answer the question
• D. Either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• E. Neither statement (1) nor statement (2) suffices to answer the question.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

To determine today's date based on the given statements, let's analyze each of them individually:

1. Statement 1: "Three days before it was Friday."
   • If today is X, then three days prior to today, it was Friday. So, we have:
     • Day before yesterday: Thursday
     • Yesterday: Friday
     • Today: Saturday
   • According to Statement 1, today is Saturday.
   • However, we cannot derive the exact date or month from this information alone.
2. Statement 2: "One week before it was the first Tuesday in April 2007."
   • The first Tuesday of April 2007 was April 3, 2007.
   • If one week before today was April 3, 2007, then today is April 10, 2007.
   • This statement alone gives us the exact date.

With the provided statements:

• Statement (1) alone does not suffice to determine the exact date. It only gives us the day of the week (Saturday).
• Statement (2) alone is sufficient to determine the exact date (April 10, 2007).

Hence, the correct answer is: Statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question.